Severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued for parts of the North Island.

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Kiwis are less willing to spend up large on adult services, operators say.

The two-vehicle crash happened about 2.40pm; motorists have been asked to avoid the area.

Motorists have been advised to delay their journey or take another route.

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Metservice has issued a heavy rain watch for parts of the South Island.

His teacher had encouraged him to enter the national competition, but he'd shied away.

Police expect "a degree of mischief" but hope people make the right choices.

Queenstown's housing market has weathered the Covid storm remarkably well.

Expiring work visas and a dearth of international tourists is taking a toll on gyms.

Police expect to lay further charges in due course.

The Race Relations Commissioner has condemned two recent racist attacks in NZ.

Keith Singleton was arrested after police executed a search of his Queenstown home.

"It was stuff we don't want to see in this country ... We need to stop it."

The attack is the latest in a string of violent incidents that have local police worried.

Queenstown Lakes District councillor John MacDonald writes about Queenstown's future.

Police warn of deaths and hospital admissions from dodgy pills.

The mayor said he expected to see transtaman flights direct in and out of Queenstown.

Man's lawyer says football legend's death sent driver "overboard with the whiskies".

Rising street violence is fuelled by booze, drugs - and maybe visiting Kiwis, locals say.

Alcohol in Queenstown and Wanaka CBDs is now banned between Christmas Day and January 6.

With just 10 rooms, The Spire Hotel is as personal as it is modern.

Twenty-four bids, starting at $900,000, were placed.

Six people have been arrested after several search warrants were executed by police.

Firms catering to high-end travellers struggle to hold on as keen clients are kept out.

A final fundraising push puts the area's growing Muslim community in reach of its goal.

With only three weeks 'til Christmas over two thirds of lake baches remain empty

The decision is currently under appeal.